


“Thoughtful escapism” – Operation Moonlight by Louise Morrish

“Give it to your gran” – Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton

“What’s not to like?” – I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel

“Taps nicely into a contemporary cultural zeitgeist” – Last Resort by Andrew Lipstein

“Pleasantly inventive” – Maps of our Spectacular Bodies by Maddie Mortimer

“We liked it a whole lot” – Here Goes Nothing by Steve Toltz

“A tale for our times” – Mischief Acts by Zoe Gilbert

“A graphic gallop” – Frida Kahlo Her Life, Her Work, Her Home by Francisco De La Mora

“Sentences fall over themselves in their quotability” – Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery

“Sometimes it works, often it doesn’t” – If I Survive You by Jonathan Escoffery

“Smart, beautiful and very entertaining” – The Candy House by Jennifer Egan

“A very thorough account” – A Terribly Serious Adventure by Nikhil Krishnan

“A lightweight read” – Bellevue by Alison Booth

“Deserves to be as well-known a memorial to Cuthbert as Durham Cathedral itself” – Cuddy by Benjamin Myers

“Vagueness dominates” – God’s Country by Kerry Hadley-Pryce

‘A good fun, funny book about death’ – Kimberly’s Capital Punishment by Richard Milward

“Lyrical and engaging” – Things I Have Witheld by Kei Miller

“Sheer entertainment” – Storm Watch by CJ Box

“The wisdom of lived experience” – Old Babes in the Wood by Margaret Atwood

“Miles better than the first book…” – Moon Witch, Spider King by Marlon James

“Peculiarity without complaint” – White Cat, Black Dog by Kelly Link

“The beauty of its telling” – Old God’s Time by Sebastian Barry

“Vivid depictions of total destruction” – These Days by Lucy Caldwell

“Worthwhile and accessible” – Travellers to Unimaginable Lands by Dasha Kiper

“Surprisingly gripping” – The Old Woman with the Knife by Gu Byeong-Mo (trans. Chi-Young Kim)

“Timeless” – The Ballad of Halo Jones by Alan Moore, Ian Gibson and Barbara Nosenzo

“Impressive and confident” – Send Nudes by Saba Sams

“Remarkably evocative” – The Instant by Amy Liptrot
